[locomot1f]

I've been trying to switch my system from S/PDIF to HDMI for sound... setup reasons.

I've not had the best luck with getting the sound to cooperate.
The sound will start off playing correctly, then at any random time it will start to degrade, and get scratchy.
I've searched the forum for this, and I've seen things about it. things to try (sync A/V, set to fixed 48.0, etc.) but nothing seems to correct this.
I've also seen the issue about Upower, as you'll see in my log I get a few of those... but I did not see an answer to this solution.
can someone help point me in the right direction?

here's... Johnny! -- http://pastebin.com/VSjLPrmz

oh! I can reproduce this error, without fail, when i play a music file, and set 'ProjectM' for visualization.
that's how i was able to get the log.
otherwise, when i play a video... i could go 5min - 30min before the distortion will show up.
once it starts though, it will keep coming back quicker and quicker... make me think it's a buffering issue...

would a sound clip help?
it will take some time, but i can try to get one.